Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-02-02

try by making India a successful rival. But in
place of q stone we have given them bread and
after the great bulk of our surplus has gone to
their relief at prices poorly remunerative to the
producers, the final tug will come. and appeals
more urgent than lectures by their economists
will rasp the population for their backward
ness in learning to substitute corn and other
bread for wheat bread, the desire for which in
creases and will not down at the bidding Of the
aristocracy.
The economists OF France, who have been
slow in making known the prospective wants
of that country. have taken hand In the sit
uation as 1t concerns bread-supplies. Their
compilations, out of all just proportion to the
amount ofsurplus in the United States, made
1t fifteen million bushels Of wheat more than
it will reach. A standard English authority
corrected this statement, and the French
sauonts have made no reply.
But little Information has come from the ex-
porting countries whose harvests occur in De-
cember and January. "A few weeks since notes
of encouragement were received from Austria
liza, announcing larger surplus than usual,
but a cable of the goth Of January states that
the ex pected increase will not be realized.
At the close of the weeks transactions at
Liverpool on the 29th ultimo. wheatis reported
a0Q Inc demand improving.
The English authority. from which we have
repeatedly quoted. sums up the situation as
follows, in q circular issued last Saturday, the
18th of January. 1t will be observed that the
reviewer, in his concluding remarks. sustains
the position he has uniformly announced. and
from which we have quoted during the discus
sion which has taken place in relation to this
important interest to our Augusta and Valley
farmers. We now quote the authority to which
reference has been made:-
1.-THE wants ofthe United Kingdom of foreign
wheat and flour from January "a 1887, to Au-
gusta 81, 1887. to be purchased and shipped are
about 81 100000 BUSH The wants Of Conttnen-
approximately Ga 900 600 to70 600 900 bush. pro.
badly about the smaller quantity. British
midas crop not yet matured. Australia Will
probably have little If any surplus to spare for
export. British India may possibly export "a.
100000 bush. from Aprit to August 81. 1887 in
Guiding United Kingdom and the Con a as
has little larger crop In 1885 than In 1882 put
her reserves are less and she will not probably
man exports to the United Kingdom are chief
ly transit wheat and flour from Russia and
Austro- Hungary. The United states have now
in the country January %. 1887. of about 60 GOO
600 bush, including wheat and flour. compris-
ing about TO- 900 bush for countries otner
THAI Europe, and so 600, 009 bush. for the United
Kingdom and the Continent Of Europe. A
careful examination of the foregoing may indi-
cate smaller field of supply than has general
ly been expected"
There is another view to be taken Of wheat
production as it concerns our section Of coun-
try Our wheat comes under the class OF
Southern, which is far superior to Western No.
that forms the bulk of the export. Ours is
taken up by the Merchant-Millers of the At
lantic Slope. and, consequently, under the. duc-
tuatious which occur In relation to the export.
ed wheat from this and all other countries.
rests on a higher plane. The Baltimore and
Richmond millers and our own sustain this
theory.
In the wholesale grocery trade slight alter
atoms occur in quotations of western bacon
and canned corn and tomatoes.
Lake Herrings are added to the price current.
They became very popular salt fish during
the last season. and the comparatively low
price at which they are quoted will make them
SO again.
Butter and eggs are both lower and more
abundant.
Dressed pork is quoted dull at cts. Poultry,
live or dressed, is in good supply. For live
turkeys IA cts per pound. Chickens 20 to q
cts apiece. Ducks 20 cts. Geese so cts. Dress
ed turkeys ~ cts. Chickens TIC. Ducks LOG
Geese Sc.
1.-THE quotations are wholesale, no tretafl,1
Country Produce.